Today's global market offers unprecedented opportunities — and pitfalls. To accelerate global expansion while minimizing risk, Japanese businesses require a trusted advisor. Are you balancing competing priorities to make the best investment decisions? With experience serving more than 100 Japanese-owned companies globally — many of them market leaders — we understand their complex needs and priorities. Our experienced audit, tax, and consulting professionals help you leverage local nuances, reduce tax burdens, improve global management, and turn your international strategies into results.
Japanese Business Services
Managing risk
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Are you prepared for the next disruption? An enterprise risk management guidebook
Risk management is critical to every organization, yet many leaders don’t think seriously enough about it until it’s too late. Enterprise risk management helps mitigate risks and, ultimately, realize value. Our guidebook pulls back the curtain to show how.
Seven-point cybersecurity assessment
Article
March 15, 2021
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Seven questions to help evaluate the strength of your cybersecurity program
Article
March 4, 2021
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Six-degree hacker assessment: Is your information at risk?
Article
January 8, 2021
2 min read
Global strategies for auto suppliers
4 min read
Driving toward the future: What auto industry CFOs are doing right
Technology advancements, pressure from consumers and investors, and new government policies are spurring major changes in the automotive industry. In StrategicCFO360, Daron Gifford outlines what this means for CFOs looking to draw the attention of investors and increase value.
Manufacturing & Distribution 2021 Outlook
Article
January 6, 2021
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WRI® Survey: Customer-supplier relations tested during pandemic
Article
December 18, 2020
5 min read
Crisis exposes major flaws in the auto supply chain
Article
November 24, 2020
6 min read
Japanese Business Services Thought Leadership
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ERP transformation for automotive supplierJapanese-owned, Ohio-based automotive supplier gains new efficiencies and visibility with ERP implementation.
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The realities of unlocking global opportunities: A roundtable discussionGlobal expansion comes with significant opportunity — and significant risks. Our roundtable of experts discusses seven strategies that can help reduce the risk.
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Managing manufacturing operations in Mexico through cloud ERPAre your Mexico manufacturing operations running as efficiently and with the quality levels your customers expect? Watch our webinar, “Managing manufacturing operations in Mexico through Cloud ERP.”
Our clients say
FT Precision engaged Plante Moran to assist with implementation of a new ERP software, Plex. One of the main reasons we partnered with Plante Moran was their bilingual capabilities. Being a Japanese-English company, it was very important to have smooth communication with our executives and our people on the shop floor, especially when our workforce was not technically savvy. Their ERP specialists came in and worked side by side with our staff to achieve a quick implementation, while establishing best practices moving forward. Plante Moran and Plex have made our jobs easier and more efficient, by helping FT Precision collect real-time data which has increased our decision making capabilities and made us much more flexible as a company.
Kent Baxter
IT Assistant Manager, FT Precision
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North American Lighting replaces multiple ERP systems with Plex Manufacturing Cloud
North American Lighting (NAL), the largest independently owned Tier 1 automotive lighting supplier, replaces multiple legacy, on-premise ERP systems and achieves seamless integration across advanced manufacturing systems and facilities with the Plex Manufacturing Cloud.
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Global expansion for Japanese-owned medical device company
Japan’s leading manufacturer of electronic medical equipment and one of the top 100 medical device companies in the world, with annual sales of $1.5 billion, expands their global presence.
Our Team
Our Japanese business services team understands the unique organizational and cultural aspects of working with management in Japan and North and Latin America. Our dedicated staff provide deep manufacturing and business process knowledge, know how to align local initiatives with global corporate strategies, and offer diverse multicultural, multilingual project teams with proven experience in a Japanese environment.
